Originally Posted by
P. G. Macer
Regarding the ”Is Human Fighter really the most common race-class combo in 5e?” debate, I’m leaning more towards Telok’s view of things. The most common source for the statistic in 5e is D&D Beyond data. However, I have yet to see evidence that the D&D Beyond userbase is statistically similar to the general D&D playerbase, so it could potentially be a non-indicative sample. Furthermore, not every PC built in DDB is played, so we have to take into account which characters actually receive playtime;I have no idea how one would accomplish that.
As for WotC’s own data, while I trust that more than D&D Beyond, Telok again raises some decent points as to the quality of WotC’s data collection, which I am treating as more of a wild card than an outright negative.
It’s almost 3am where I am; I may come back too this post when I can think more coherently.